NOAA’s Update from Midway Atoll

Thirteen days into this twenty-one day mission has yielded nine metric tons of waste so far.

When I was a kid, I considered being a garbage(wo)man for a short time. But now, I can be part of a marine debris team!

Maybe the next generation will have the option of joining a land debris team where they will survey, measure and remove waste from abandoned neighbourhoods. There are definitely ghost towns ripe for the picking!